http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/techniques-to-get-you-writing-part-1-the-psychology-of-failure/ Can't talk; procrastinating. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:51:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/techniques-to-get-you-writing-part-1-the-psychology-of-failure/#comment-1090 Techniques to get you writing, Part 3: Using wordcounts to gain momentum « Not Enough Words Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:46:55 +0000 http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/?p=445#comment-1090 [...] good writing habits, or experienced writers who are struggling to get momentum on a project.  Part 1 looked at the psychology of failure, and how we sabotage ourselves without realising it.  Part 2 was about designing effective [...] [...] good writing habits, or experienced writers who are struggling to get momentum on a project.  Part 1 looked at the psychology of failure, and how we sabotage ourselves without realising it.  Part 2 was about designing effective [...]

]]> http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/techniques-to-get-you-writing-part-1-the-psychology-of-failure/#comment-1089 Techniques to get you writing, Part 2: working with goals « Not Enough Words Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:45:45 +0000 http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/?p=445#comment-1089 [...] Techniques to get you writing, Part 2: working with goals Jump to Comments Read Part 1: The Psychology of Failure here. [...] [...] Techniques to get you writing, Part 2: working with goals Jump to Comments Read Part 1: The Psychology of Failure here. [...]

]]> http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/techniques-to-get-you-writing-part-1-the-psychology-of-failure/#comment-951 NPI participant list and final instructions « Not Enough Words Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:29:06 +0000 http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/?p=445#comment-951 [...] in this challenge is not about comparing your progress to others.  The fastest way to set yourself up to fail is to start comparing your wordcounts to other [...] [...] in this challenge is not about comparing your progress to others.  The fastest way to set yourself up to fail is to start comparing your wordcounts to other [...]

]]> http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/techniques-to-get-you-writing-part-1-the-psychology-of-failure/#comment-697 Bradley J Moore Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:35:45 +0000 http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/?p=445#comment-697 Very good advice! I have never heard about the flight or fight and serotonin related to avoidance of doing things, or writers block - but I recognized this in a huge way. Even with other work that I do. Sometimes I'll just give up and come back the next day... which, for me, actually works sometimes. Thanks for naming it so I can recognize it for what it is. Very good advice! I have never heard about the flight or fight and serotonin related to avoidance of doing things, or writers block – but I recognized this in a huge way. Even with other work that I do.
Sometimes I’ll just give up and come back the next day… which, for me, actually works sometimes. Thanks for naming it so I can recognize it for what it is.

]]> http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/techniques-to-get-you-writing-part-1-the-psychology-of-failure/#comment-607 jaekaebee Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:46:46 +0000 http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/?p=445#comment-607 Excellent post, Merrilee! Just getting to blogs again...I always thought I never had writer's block, but the small niggling spaces where I don't want to write...I think that is what it is. So I am now gracing it with a name. :) Excellent post, Merrilee! Just getting to blogs again…I always thought I never had writer’s block, but the small niggling spaces where I don’t want to write…I think that is what it is. So I am now gracing it with a name. :)

]]> http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/techniques-to-get-you-writing-part-1-the-psychology-of-failure/#comment-606 Twitted by tenderprey Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:58:20 +0000 http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/?p=445#comment-606 [...] This post was Twitted by tenderprey [...] [...] This post was Twitted by tenderprey [...]

]]> http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/techniques-to-get-you-writing-part-1-the-psychology-of-failure/#comment-604 H.C. Zuerner Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:24:03 +0000 http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/?p=445#comment-604 Excellent post. I look forward to the next parts. Keep writing and don't be afraid to punch The Muse in the face if need be. (Makes her much more subservient) Excellent post. I look forward to the next parts. Keep writing and don’t be afraid to punch The Muse in the face if need be. (Makes her much more subservient)

]]> http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/techniques-to-get-you-writing-part-1-the-psychology-of-failure/#comment-602 Nick Enlowe Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:06:37 +0000 http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/?p=445#comment-602 Fascinating.. Particularly about the serotonin reward. So, really, brains work with us while we write, but work against us when we're practicing avoidance? Wow... I've always thought 'avoidance' and 'writer's block' were the same thing as well. Now I understand the folly of my ways. Fascinating.. Particularly about the serotonin reward. So, really, brains work with us while we write, but work against us when we’re practicing avoidance? Wow…
I’ve always thought ‘avoidance’ and ‘writer’s block’ were the same thing as well. Now I understand the folly of my ways.

]]> http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/techniques-to-get-you-writing-part-1-the-psychology-of-failure/#comment-601 klcthebookworm Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:00:30 +0000 http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/?p=445#comment-601 Stephen King and Ray Bradbury also complained they had diarrhea of the mouth. There's worst company to be in. Stephen King and Ray Bradbury also complained they had diarrhea of the mouth. There’s worst company to be in.

]]> http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/techniques-to-get-you-writing-part-1-the-psychology-of-failure/#comment-600 MauiPotiki Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:21:15 +0000 http://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/?p=445#comment-600 Excellent post! Excellent post!

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